YouTube will reduce the quality of videos around the world starting on Tuesday, an effort by the world’s most popular video site to ease Internet traffic during the coronavirus outbreak.
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A month ago, back when things made sense, Wall Street was convinced that when the rout came, high-priced technology stocks would lead the way down. That’s not how it’s playing out.
Netflix will temporarily reduce the quality of videos on its platform to ease pressure on Internet service providers during the coronavirus outbreak.
For years, television executives have fretted there is too much TV. Now, with the coronavirus looming large, they are worried there might not be enough.
Netflix sees the opening of new crime-drama series Queen Sono as the first of many original African TV series that will win the US giant a bigger slice of a market still dominated by satellite TV.
Netflix has signed a distribution agreement with the Film and Publication Board, meaning the multinational streaming company must now obey local classification rules in the distribution of its content.
If the US stock market is like a giant stone wall whose structural integrity depends entirely on the sturdiness of five tech megacaps, it didn’t act like it on Tuesday.
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A new video streaming service designed only for mobile phones will launch later this year, with shorter programmes and full-screen framing whichever way a user holds their phone.
The Golden Globes lived up to their reputation as Hollywood’s most unpredictable awards show. World War 1 epic 1917 beat four other pictures including three contenders from Netflix.